SUNDAY August 15, 2021
Passing on the Knowledge of God
Tell your children about it, Let your children tell their children, and their children another generation.
Joel 1:3
Parents, remember this one thing, you need to pass on the knowledge of the Lord to your children so they can pass it on to their children, and their children’s, children. If parents fail to set an example of teaching their children the Scriptures, then when their children become parents, they will fail to pass on the knowledge of the Lord to their children.
Billy Graham had this to say about the influence and importance of the family:
Apart from religious influence, the family is the most important unit of society. It would be good if every home were Christian, but we know that it is not so. The family and the home can never exert their proper influence while ignoring the biblical standard. The Bible calls for discipline and a recognition of authority. If children do not learn this at home, they will go out into society without the proper attitude toward authority and law. There is always the exceptional child, but the average tells us that the child is largely what the home has made him. The only way to provide the right home for your children is to put the Lord above them, and fully instruct them in the ways of the Lord. You are responsible before God for the home you provide for them.
The responsibility to teach children the Bible lies squarely with the parents. Teach your children the Word of God so they can grow up with godly wisdom and knowledge. Then they will be able to make good decisions in their lives. Our children will be equipped to become upright citizens in God’s Kingdom. Children who are left to themselves, will become fools and rebels.
Parents do make mistakes, but it is important to learn from those mistakes. How are you as a parent passing on the knowledge of the Lord to your children?
We will not hide them [the knowledge of God] from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and His strength and His wonderful works that He has done.
~Psalm 78:3-4~
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